Self-compassion and reactions to unpleasant self-relevant events: The implications of treating oneself kindly. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92 (5), 887–904.

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Activists can face a lot of stress and even burnout campaigning for the causes they care about. Showing themselves self-compassion can help them deal with that stress.

Self-compassion was framed as something participants "did" rather than "felt." It could involve practicing kindness and tenderness towards themselves when going through a difficult time.

Ultimately, self-compassion contributes to greater life satisfaction. By accepting yourself fully and embracing your imperfections, you create a more harmonious and fulfilling life experience.

Self-compassion isn’t about measuring up to expectations; it’s a way of relating to yourself as a human. By caring and expressing concern for yourself during hard times, you’re able to ...

Practicing self-compassion helps people cope with self-defeating thoughts and feelings in response to setbacks, so that they are less debilitated by them. In turn, they can more quickly resume ...

Researchers suggest that self-compassion has three main components. The first involves self-kindness; that is, treating ourselves with the same kind of understanding and compassion that we might ...